HEIKEGANI
(平家蟹)
 

                 
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Nasa no Yogoro (那須与五郎)
 
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (松本幸四郎) as Yaheibyôe Munekiyo (弥平兵衛宗清)
 
Onoe Baikô VI (尾上 梅幸) as Tamamushi (玉蟲)
 
Sawamura Sônosuke I (沢村宗之助; 澤村宗之助) as Takakoto (玉琴)
 
Plays: Heikegani (史劇平家蟹); Chûshingura Kudanme (忠臣蔵九段目), Act 9 of Kanadehon
Chûshingura (仮名手本忠臣蔵; 假名手本忠臣蔵) ; Kuni Zakai (國境); Oshun Denbê
Mukashigatamatsu Shirafuji (お俊傳兵衞昔形白藤); Gisei (犠牲); Katô Saemon (加藤左衞門);
Mitsu Uroko (三ツ鱗)
Performance Place: Teikoku Gekijô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 10/16/12
Print Date: 10/1912
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki cover
Image courtesy of the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
 
 

Onoe Baikô VI (尾上梅幸) as
Tamamushi no Tsubone (玉虫局)
 
Plays: Tadanao Kyô Gyôjyôki (忠直卿行状記); Tachi
Nusubito (太刀盗人); Heikegani (平家蟹);, Shinkei
Kasane-ga Fushi (真景累ヶ渕); Shinobi Yoru Koi no
Kusemono (忍夜恋曲者)
Performance Place: Ichimura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 05/05/22
Print Date: 05/1922?
Artist: Torii Kiyotada (鳥居清忠)
Image courtesy of Artelino.com

Note: The cover depicts Ôtani Tomoemon VI
(大谷友右衛門) as Kôsan Oshô (洸山和尚) and
Morita Kan'ya XIII (守田勘弥; 守田勘彌) as
Tadanao-kyô (忠直卿) in Tadanao Kyô Gyôjyôki
(忠直卿行状記); and Bandô Mitsugorô VII
(坂東三津五郎) as Manbê (万兵衛) and Onoe
Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Kurobê (九郎兵衛)
in Tachi Nusubito (太刀盗人).